So there I was, all set to paint blue trollbloods

And then I go play old school D&D last Friday night and the DM sets me up as a brand new Samurai and I kicked some major a$$. That's right, it was D&D, I don't want to hear anyone busting on it. Tabletop miniatures probably wouldn't have happened without D&D. So anyway Bob the DM had a few characters to represent the 7 of us that were involved that night but no good Samurai. Afterwards I remembered that I'd bought a 4 pack of the Oriental Blades from em-4 about three to four months ago. So I broke out the one that matched up the best and I gave him a rough initial blocking with the paint.

Because I was on a roll, the next night, I painted up a barbarian type I had from Mega Miniatures for my friend Gangrene who always hosts these things. It turned out alright. His character is half man half orc so I made his skin greenish.

Anyway long story short, the trolls still aren't painted yet but I did get back in the swing of things and get some painting in. I still have Halo3 that will occupy a fair amount of free time and Bioshock waiting behind that to finish but it felt good to sit down for an hour or so a few nights in a row and knock out some figures.

Oh I also bought some Warmachine Menoth figures on ebay for really cheap and the paint jobs on them are FAR better than what I've done, it both depresses and inspires me. So the Trollblood project will continue to be delayed. This weekend doesn't look great for time to paint either.